New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26
And still the Mugwump newspapers are urging
President Cleveland to come out In card exclaim-
ing, Il cannot tell lie, it WIS Drum"

The announcement that Baron Nordensldold in
tends about two years hence to proceed on a voyage
OF discovery to the Antarctic regions will arouse
interest in polar exploration that has tagged since
the return Of General Greedy and his gallant COM
AIDES from Lady Franklin Bay. Hitherto the South
Polar regions have not attracted much attention
as their antipodes, for obvious reasons They are
uninhabited, even by the valuable animals that
abound in the North. They remote from
centres Of civilization and enterprise The avenues
Of access LEES hospitable. The base of supplies
Is more distant. The Typographical and meteoro-
logical obstacles arc far greater. Nevertheless
there have been several brave attempts to penetrate
those unknown regions in which American explor-
ers have borne unworthy part. The most sue
cessrul voyage perhaps was that made by Sir j.
Ross some thirty years ago, when an actual
landing made on the Antarctic Continent, q
feat also performed by only one othcr explorer,
Captain DUrville. But the voyage Of Ross as
indeed all others in those regions with the single
exception of the Challenger expedition in 1874
which only just reached the Antarctic Circle was
made in an old-fashioned sailing vessel Baron
Nordens<jod will Of cOuTse use steam power and
all other possible appliances of modern science,
and with this great advantage he does not appear
to be oversangune in hoping to add something Of
Importance to our stock Of knowledge concerning
the land OF Erebus and Terror.
| Mayor Hewitt has made up his mind 10 see to
| it that ferry boats are not oyercrowded. This Is
a prasewoIthy crusade. In the excursion season
especially on Sundays and holidays many boats
are packed beyond the danger point People OF
course will rush on board as long there Is any
chance the only way to prevent overcrowding is
to hold the companies strictly responsible.
In q hotel seven or eight stories high rope
would not furnish n certain means Of safety in
case OF fire. Still 1t would be better than nothing
and in many hotels it might contribute largely to
preventing serious loss Of life. Hotel keepers
can have no good ground for demurring at fur
nishing any inexpensive appliances that win help
poopo In getting to places OF safety in times Of
danger. Hence the bill requiring life-saving
rope to be placed in every hotel room may well
receive the Governors approval.
Senator Hendricks Of Syracuse, IS quoted as
saying that good common is genius. Yes,
perhaps. Senator, how about Mr.. Cleyeand's
genius for putting his foot In it, rs displayed In
the rebel flag orderp
AS the Chicago small boy watched with watering
mouth and sad eyes tho burning OF that Chicago
candy factory, ne must have been more than ever
impressed with the inscrutable mystery of earthly
things twenty-five Thousand dollars worth Of
candy wasting its sweet ness on what is elegantly
known the fire flend, a fend that never did
care FOR candy anyway. All, yes, it Is rough on the
Chicago small boy
Mayor Hewitt's veto OF the scheme TO allow fire.
works to be discharged in the city during the
festive Fourth OF July season will be approved by
everybody except the small boy. Tho
danger and annoyance from this method Of cele-
brating are too great to justify relaxing the ord-
nance. Opportunities for violating it will be found,
however Tor the police cannot be everywhere stimuli
taneously. New-York has never had quiet Fourth
and perhaps never will have. Still the small boy
aforesaid must take comparatively back scat